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Tliv *^o]i\r\i liiirvest also increases the Inisi- 

 iii'ss of till' si'tllrr. iisnnlly orciimng at \hv 

 siiiiic linu' with the woul scusou, and the fields 

 of grain around the scattered habitations reu* 

 dap tlifi seencapy extfem^y a^eh. The pmp&^ 



of thi' hiirvcst tliis st^ason was favoiiruble Ixsilt 

 for its ;>lniii(hmc'c tiitd qiiuh'ty. although in some 

 crt)]ts smut pi'cvailed, the most wtirc entirely 

 free I'roin it* It is a curious circumstance that 

 8clf-iown n^heat never wtits j ito ^l^mmx & 

 ^U, to Ijavr little or nOjtt'fe, ^A ik^irlimt ii^W 

 snnits liut whi'ii in hlossoin, I i^aw at one farm 

 an car r»f wlioat from one of the liel<ls, oire side of 

 whieli Ijoru fine, healthy, and lull grains, whilst 

 the opposite mii^itm ^^ntirdy itestroyed by smut. 

 Wheat a])pcars to suffer most. At one of the sta- 

 tions in the Tumat country the wheat suffered frtnn 

 snint, whilst barley and rye were perfectly free 

 from it ; and finer crops of the latter o-raiu had 



kmds of vrh^% thut mer&t mSet from smtl hk tbe 



colony ; why ai'o tlicy not then sown in jjre- 

 fcrenec 'l* TJie plan of tryinpf difii^rent kinds of 

 wlii'at ami other grain, from various parts of the 

 world, is wott^y of attentioUj and would no 

 doubt 6v«mtuaUy c^nikt tmvik ben^t» aad 

 mid to the resonrces of the colony, Tliere 

 is a urain wliicfi tlic -ettlers lia\e latch" 

 tonimenced lo fnlii\ale. called the "skin- 



